Adding a "Skip Nav" link to your design can sometimes compromise the look and feel of the page. Moreover it can confuse those visitors who have no idea what it means.
A good solution is to create a Skip Nav link that is only visible when it receives keyboard focus. This happens as a user is tabbing through the page.
To do so, use the following styles and markup:
Styles:
#skip a,
#skip a:hover,
#skip a:visited
{
position:absolute;
left:0px;
top:0px;
width:0px;
height:0px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#skip a:active,
#skip a:focus
{
width:auto;
height:auto;
}
Markup:
<div id="skip">
<a href="#skip">Skip Nav</a>
</div>
<p><a name="skip"></a>
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</p>